Sunday, April 18, 2010

How to have a Feng Shui Garden

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There comes a time when every gardener sees "that yard."  Maybe its on a walk or in a car and your eyes light on a home with an antique bicycle, statuary, stained glass humming bird feeders, chimes and wicker furniture in the gardens. {And it hits you!} " Oh my God! Could that cluttered yard look be what I have?"  And this is when Feng Shui gardening comes to the rescue.

SO WHAT'S A FENG SHUI GARDEN?

Feng Shui is about "less is more", simple, clear pathways and lines to the perfect restful martini or coffee corner. Its about sitting in your nook on a Sunday morning and feeling one with life. It makes your fabulous gardens shimmer and stand out.   But here's the thing.  Pick through all your "stuff" and find 4 major  items to enhance your gardens instead of 20.  This opens pathways for "Good Chi" {positive life force energy} to travel, linger, and bless your dwelling with tranquility, money, less fights and order.  Because all that glorious yard and garden "stuff" is sending a Morris Code: "Somebody help me. My Life is a Mess!" Big or small, your garden space can shimmer with order and each garden can be a focal point for your prize yard ornament, flower or furniture to stand out.


5 FENG SHUI ELEMENTS {YARD DECORS}


{How you arrange all the things in your garden is key to creating an oasis, and not a clutter jungle.}
  • WATER {Bird Bath, Fountain}
  • WOOD  {Arbor, Bench, Planting Boxes}=
  • FIRE      {Lights, Grill}
  • EARTH  {Soil, Clay Pots, Boulder}
  • METAL  {Arbor, Seating, Wind Chimes}


     The Feng Shui Directions - Coordinating Colors and Ornament Materials




    South - Fame and Fortune - Fire - Red and Vibrant Colored Flowers

    Southwest - Marriage, Partnership, Parenthood - Earth/Yellow/Beige Flowers

    West - Children - Metal - White/Gold/Silver Flowers

    Northwest - Travel and Helpful People - Metal - Gray/Silver Flowers

    North - Career, Business and Death - Water - Black/Blue Flowers

    Northeast - Knowledge and Education - Earth - Brown/Yellow Flowers

    East - Health and Family - Wood - Green Flowers & Plants

    Southeast -Wealth - Wood - Purple Flowers

    Center - Yin and Yang - Balance - Earth - Yellow Flowers



    Choose from your collection of garden decor 4 to 5 prize possessions. 

    You  can be "Country" "Asian" "Metropolis" "Renaissance" .....this is your Personal Identity.  Place your chosen objects in accordance with the 5 Feng Shui Elements of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal. Now around these objects place the flower / element color coded combination.  Congratulations! You have a Feng Shui oasis all your own. You should be very soon feeling the soothed productive tranquility that comes with simple flowing elegance, flowers and less {but more} yard ornaments.

    Click on the Feng Shui Court Yard to hear the Audio




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